Ulster Badminton AGM 2024

The Ulster Badminton AGM took place on Wednesday 29th May and we are pleased to announce the appointment of a new Chair and 2 new Director positions.

Following on from the organisational Governance review, with recommendations to re-structure both Board and staffing Structures we are delighted that the Chair, Director of Development & Director of Ethics & Welfare were appointed alongside the current Director positions. 

Chair- Graeme Clarke
Vice Chair- William Martin
Director of Development- Ciaran Chambers
Director of Ethics & Welfare- Graeme Fraser
Finance director- Tony Clarke 
Non- executive Director- Alec McCullagh 
Non- executive Director- Ken Nixon
President- Doreen McClements

New Chair, Graeme Clarke is the Director and Head of Software Engineering Solutions at Expleo Group & will bring great experience from the Business & Commercial sector into the Organisation.

Outgoing Chair Colin McClements outlined his intention to Step down from the role this year after a successful 8 Years in the Role & we thank him for his Hard work and dedication he put into the Role & leading Ulster Badminton during this period.

Former Commonwealth Games Athlete Ciaran Chambers was Appointed Director Of Development. Ciaran is a Sport Development Officer at Ulster University and also a BWF Level 1 Tutor, delivering Coaching Qualifications across Ireland & a BWF Level 2 Coach. Ciaran brings a wealth of Development Knowledge to the role.

Graeme Fraser was appointed Director of Ethics & Welfare. Graeme is the Senior Systems Engineer at CDE Group & was Operations Manager for the Badminton Expo in August. 

We have 2 further Director positions to appoint- Director of Performance & Director of Marketing & Communication- and will appoint these in due course.

We are always welcoming of new Volunteers across the sport, If you are interested in the above 2 positions or coming onto a Sub Committee please feel free to contact the Ulster Badminton Office.